TTP04-09 Two-Loop Sudakov Form Factor in a Theory with Mass Gap

TTP04-09 Two-Loop Sudakov Form Factor in a Theory with Mass Gap

TTP04-09 Two-Loop Sudakov Form Factor in a Theory with Mass Gap

The two-loop Sudakov form factor is computed in a $U(1)$ model with a massive gauge boson and a $U(1)\times U(1)$ model with mass gap. We analyze the result in the context of hard and infrared evolution equations and establish a matching procedure which relates the theories with and without mass gap setting the stage for the complete calculation of the dominant two-loop corrections to electroweak processes at high energy.

Bernd Feucht, Johann H. K\“uhn, Alexander A. Penin, Vladimir A. Smirnov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 101802 2004
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